Clam Info
 

Just curious to know what type of clam(s) that members on this board keep. Please list below the following:

1-Species

2-Lighting

3-Location in tank

4-Feeding Schedule

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels

I kept a squamosa for about 1 year under 250 & 400w MH in the bottom of my tank, didn't feed it. It was always open and responsive, didn't grow much in 1 year though, but at the time I was not maintaining my calcium levels because the clam was the only calcium dependant organism in my tank.

Sort of skipped a couple of years in the poll. I have had my clams for more than a year but less than 3 years.
Anyway I have a Squamosa and a Derasa on the sandbed. 3 Croceas and a teardrop in the rockwork.
400W MH light.
I dose my tank daily with Phytofeast. Was dosing with DT's but found the Phytofeast a more cost effective method.
I run a calcium reactor (Precision Marine 622) So far able to keep up and have not had to suppliment calcium.
ASM G4X protein skimmer with mods
Bi weekly water changes of 10-15%
230g tank with 77g sump/fuge

Clams have all grown in the past year but by far the most growth on the Derasa - probably doubled in size in the past 6 months.

1-Species:
One Crocea, One Maxima, both approximately 4-5" in length

2-Lighting:
Two 400W 20K Radium Bulbs

3-Location in tank
Approx. 16"-18" below the surface, directly under halide bulbs.

4-Feeding Schedule
Nothing, Nada, Zip

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels
35ppt, 78-81 F, 380-400ppm Ca

1-Species:
One Maxima, 3-4"

2-Lighting:
Two 250W 6500K Iwasaki Bulbs

3-Location in tank
Approx. 24"" below the surface on tank bottom.

4-Feeding Schedule
Non-existent

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels
1.025, 78-80 F, 425 ppm Ca

Ruth, I edited the poll to add the 1-3 years option. :biggrin:

Christy. I voted for 1-3 years and I see that my vote was deleted when you edited the poll the 2nd time. I can't vote again.

Fixed :biggrin:

Have 2 Croceas under pc4-65w. one is at about 6" on rock the other is at 15" in the sand bed. I don't have a reg feeding schedule for them. My water is 1.025 for sal, 27*c and my cal is up and down around 400

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1-Species Sqamosa

2-Lighting 400 watt 14K

3-Location in tank Sandbed (24 inches below water surface)

4-Feeding Schedule twice a week (Kent phytoplankton)

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels Ca>400, Mg>1200, ALK=3.5-4 Meq/L, 35 ppt, 82C.

Just got a squamosa 3 months ago

18" down in the sandbed
under 265watts of powercompact
dont feed and dont add any calcium
its already grown a new lip of shell has dulled a bit though

1-Species: 1 Maxima 1 Crocea

2-Lighting: 250 watt 10k venture

3-Location in tank: 20 inchs on bottom directly under light

4-Feeding Schedule: Nada

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels: 1.026, 82F, Ca 410-430

I sure hope your water isnt actually 82C!:razz: :lol:

1-Species:
One Crocea. 4-5"

2-Lighting:
One 150w HQI Ushio 20k

3-Location in tank
Bottom of tank.. maybe 12" below water surface.

4-Feeding Schedule
No feedings.

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels
1.025, 78-81, 410-430.

Cheers.

I have two, a maxima and a crocea. They live under 400w MH, 14k and 10k respectively. The maxima is just off the sandbed and the crocea is about 6"-7" below the surface more so under the 10k light right now.
I don't feed regularly, on occasion I will dose phyto, but I honestly see very little change or impact hence why I no longer dose phyto religiously.
Tank is 0.025 for salinity, it runs between 78-83 for temp, and Ca levels are approx 440 and I usually try to keep the alk at around 7-9 dkh as it seems to impact growth.

Species:
1 Gold Maxima (greenish purple) 3-inch good growth
1 Bright Green Maxima 1-inch
1 Crocea (bright blue) 3-inch

Lighting:

330 watt 10k VHO with 110 VHO actintic

Location in tank

14 inched away from lights on rock

Feeding Schedule:

Every day with DT and Phytofeast mixture

Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels: 1.025, 82F, Ca 410-430

1-Species Crocea

2-Lighting 250W de

3-Location in tank halfway up the tank on the rocks

4-Feeding Schedule uhh when I remember to throw some in lets say occasionally

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels 1.026 80-1 F Ca > 420, dKh 9-11

Who's clam is 10 years old?

1-Species:
10 various species

2-Lighting:
2-250W 10K, 2-250W 14K, 4-T5 54W all Sun Aquatics

3-Location in tank
24" deep on sand bed

4-Feeding Schedule
whatever I feed the tank

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels
1.025, 78-80 F, 400 - 430 ppm Ca

1-Species

1 Crocea(4" shell, 5" mantle), 1 Squamosa(5" shell, 7" mantle)

2-Lighting

Dual 400W SE halides, 10K XM and 20K XM, both mounted 12" above water line

3-Location in tank

Crocea on FSB(faux sand-bed)(20") directly under 20K halide, Squamosa in same location on other side of tank, directly under 10K halide(10K has shorter photoperiod than 20K)

4-Feeding Schedule

Never fed specifically, I dont dose phyto, I believe they might get some of the coral plankton I feed the corals sometimes but I do it in low quantity.

5-Water Perameters-Salinity,Temperature, Calcium levels

Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 79.4F(average, 78 at night, climbs to 80.5 on warm day) Calcium: 380-400ppm

1 Squamosa and 1 green crocea under 2 x 150 hqi.

Doug

I'm not reall sure how old it is, but I just got it a few weeks ago from another reefer on this forum (so I voted a year or less). Its a crocea, and its about 4-5 inches. I have it under 250w MHs at about 16" of depth on the rock work. I have not fed it directly, it just gets leftovers (looking great so far). Water parameters as of today:

CA - 420
Alk - 7.7 (a bit lower than normal)
MG - 1290
PH - 8.22
SG 1.026
Temp - 80.1
NO3 - 0.5
PO4 - 0